This well-produced silent, amateur 16mm home movie shows part of a Montana dude ranch trip made in the 1930s. The film shows a family visiting what we believe to be the Allan Ranch near Augusta, which was run by Ralph Allan, a licensed guide and packer who advertised that he could “pack you into good game country.” It also shows a visit to a local church, beautiful images of Native Americans including both men and women, a baseball game, and a rodeo with bucking broncos.

0:00 views of the ranch including the stockade and cowboys on horseback

0:54 a handsome Native American is seen walking by. He reappears in a moment.

1:02 ranch buildings

1:08 shots of a teepee and the Native American poses for the camera. (Note: Montana is home to several federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Chippewa, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kootenai, Nez Perce, Northern Cheyenne, Pend d’Oreille, Salish, and Sioux.)

1:16 another Native American mocks the cameraman,holding his hands to his face. Shots of the interior (?) of the teepee.

1:42 a guest / tourist shakes the hand of the Indian

1:55 the guests take a horseback ride

2:05 demonstration of steer roping by a cowboy

2:12 Native American women watch the roping

2:27 tourist boys get a chance at herding and roping steers

3:00 a miniature rodeo is put on for guests, with cowboys throwing roping and throwing steers

4:20 shots outside a local church, probably attending Sunday services.

4:46 Native American cowboys ride past the camera. A horse drawn buckboard wagon is also on the road.

5:28 Chow line

5:33 Mothers, tourists, and guests idle on a stockade fence

6:07 Baseball game on the fields of Montana

7:30 Bronco riding, rodeo exhibition

8:12 Native American squaws look back on the camera

8:40 the rodeo continues into the dusk…

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